How’s My Spiritual Walk?

How’s My Spiritual Walk?

How is my walk with Christ? It’s a question we all need to ask and examine in ourselves. For most of us it is an up and down journey that hopefully is improving with time. Of course, our pastor’s walk is always excellent. The spiritual leader of the church has a...
Discouragement

Discouragement

Discouragement erodes motivation. It makes us feel like things will never work out. It stops momentum and often causes people to reduce efforts or stop trying. Christians become much more susceptible to temptation. Perceived failures in kingdom efforts lead us to...
The Gauntlet

The Gauntlet

A gauntlet is defined as a group of soldiers lined up for a guilty party to run through and be beaten by weapons. A pastor told me that he rarely has anyone tell him how a sermon impacted them. At the most he hears, “Nice sermon” in the gauntlet. What is...
It’s the Little Things

It’s the Little Things

Life has its major events. Some good, some not. But often it is the little things that make or break our day. I love affirmation. That’s my love language. I am also one of those people who downplays it when I get it (yes, those people). But inside I love it. A little...
Don’t let fear keep you from stepping up

Don’t let fear keep you from stepping up

In the Chronicles of Narnia, Lucy sees Aslan when no one else does. They don’t believe her, so she does nothing. Later, when she meets Aslan, she hugs him and says, “I knew it was you, the whole time, I knew it. But the others didn’t believe me.” Aslan asks, “and why...